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The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Lasha Janjgava
Publisher: Gambit Publications

B) 4.b3 - This is not White's most promising variation of the Colle Zukertort. Nf6, so this is the classical starting position for the Queen's Pawn Openings. - A poor relative of the Catalan. Black's problems will occur in the middlegame, which is outside the scope of this series. 2) Do we really need to do “King's Indian”, “Queen's Indian”, “Nimzo-Indian” (Which should be paired with QID) and “Queen's Gambit Declined”, and then tack on a Black vs 1.d4 Repertoire? Tom opened up the centre and his superior development was converted into a decisive material advantage making use of a nice cross-pin. 7) King's Indian 8) Nimzo-Indian/Queen's Indian/Catalan 9) Queen's Gambit Declined 10) Queen's Gambit Accepted. After 4Nc6 5.Bb2 Bg4 Black is equal. Tom Wiley on board 2 faced the Queen's gambit accepted from Stefan Bruynooghe (2072) with a somewhat unusual development of Black's bishop to d6. E4, the Stonewall Attack, or the Colle System. The Catalan is an attempt to turn the Reti into a pressure opening. Black can a) 4.dxc5 - This is an attempt to play the Queen's Gambit accepted a tempo up but 4e6 probably gives theoretical equality. By deviating at this early point White makes sure that the game will be played on his homeground. 3, that the chief virtue of the All Purpose System for Black was that it could be played not only against the Queen's Gambit but also against any opening at all except 1. On board 4, Frank Hoffmeister outplayed Johann VandenBusssche (1887) with White in a Catalan set-up.